Terrorism - is it justified?

There is so much violence in the world. Is it really
justified? Lives are disrupted, adjusted, lost. People
lose family members - sons, daughters, uncles, mothers,
fathers. The article below from The Guardian conveys
the pain of a mother losing her son, her only son and
brother to her daughters. My heart goes out to her and
others....

Straight from the heart
Wednesday July 13, 2005
The Guardian

On Monday, Marie Fatayi-Williams stood near Tavistock Square, where her son Anthony is feared to have been killed in last week's bus bombing, and delivered a lament of extraordinary power for her lost son. Tim Collins, the British army colonel who himself gave a historic speech on the eve of the Iraq war, says such genuine emotion is rarely forgotten

Caught in the spotlight of history, set on the stage of a very public event, Marie Fatayi-Williams, the mother of Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 26 and missing since Thursday, appeals for news of her son. Her words are a mixture of stirring rhetoric, heartfelt appeal and a stateswoman-like vision, and so speak on many levels to the nation and the world. Her appeal is a simple one - where is my son? If he has been killed, then why? Who has gained?

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